Kentucky Writer Notices That Bama’s Counting Saban’s Vacated Wins

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And away we go. 

John Clay of The Lexington Herald-Leader has noticed that Alabama’s media guide and official website credit Nick Saban for five wins in 2007 that were actually vacated by the NCAA in 2009 due to a multi-sport text book scandal at the school.

By getting involved in the John Calipari situation, the NCAA has opened itself up to dozens of these types of issues.  While the Michigans and Southern Cals of the world are abiding by NCAA rules, several schools like UMass, San Diego State and — apparently — Alabama are not.

Unless the NCAA wants Kentucky fans and a bevy of anti-NCAA media types blistering the governing body for favoritism, it will have to start sending out letters to Tuscaloosa, Amherst, San Diego and various points in between.

It looks like Calipari’s record can also be referred to as “Pandora’s Box.”  And the NCAA opened it.

Ironically, the vacation of old victories is really a pretty light sentence when you think about it.  Fans don’t like the measure, but it beats the heck out of recruiting restrictions, scholarship limitations or postseason bans.